Purple Cabbage & Nutbutter Soup

Gorgeous color. Gorgeous taste.

The visit with Alex and his girlfriend was thick with conversation, food for the eyes, and dreams for the soul. As always, in the wake of my son's absence I am struck dumb by the restless silence of the desert, finding it difficult to steady my post-maternal footing. It's not the letting go thing. Letting go of your children is the easy part. Their beauty is astonishing and too big to keep for yourself. You miss them, yes.

But the space between you is precious, too.

It is their gift to you. Free space. A second chance to define yourself, reinvent yourself. Since the infamous hip incident, when I re-imagine my own future, I am editing small details. A Panatone 7487C Vespa, hot air balloon ride and Power Yoga are off the list (I am sorriest about the Vespa).

Hiking Tibet with Robert Thurman? Probably not. A day spent walking (or more accurately, tilting between pauses and lurches and perching on the car seat) in Santa Fe last week deftly humbled my sense of reality. I've decided to get myself a cane- purple, if possible. Or Panatone 7487C. I'd rather be mobile with a vengeance and a cane than not.

In the meantime, as I ponder and make lists, I hope you'll forgive me reprising an old peanut butter soup recipe- a redux with tweaks, if you will.

Purple Cabbage and Nutbutter Soup

Love peanut butter based soups but have a peanut-free angel? Sunflower seed butter is delicious in peanutty recipes. This soup can be as mild or as spicy as you like. We threw in a lot of spicy green chiles for heat, and holy mother of mamacita- it cured all ills.

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About this blog:

A tumult of water has churned beneath the bridge known as the Gluten-Free Goddess blog (born in 2005). And with that current, many changes. The highlights:

My husband and I have moved more than a half dozen times (artists with empty nests like to explore), lived in six different states, tried eating dairy-free (for seven years) and baking vegan (for five), shunning gluten 100% (still do). Along the way I've created roughly 400 recipes for you. All are gluten-free, some may also be dairy-free, and some may be vegan/egg free. All were developed in my own humble kitchen(s). From Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas to Apple Crisp I have focused on tasty, seasonal, family style cooking. The kind of food we actually cook here at Casa Allrich.

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Publisher and recipe developer Karina- aka Gluten-Free Goddess- discovered she was gluten intolerant in late 2001- after a decade of unseemly, classic celiac symptoms. She has been cooking and baking gluten-free ever since, serving up hundreds of original recipes on her popular food blog, launched in late fall 2005.